How it works
The hardware. The app. The fulfillment. The impact. Each piece carries weight; together they make the drop happen.
A wrapped vending machine built for student merch — hoodies, tees, caps, stickers, accessories. Tap to pay, swipe to grab. We install, we service, we restock.
Students submit designs, vote on classmates' work, and watch the leaderboard climb. The app is where the culture lives — the machine is where it lands.
Winning designs get printed, packed, and shipped to your machine. Schools never hold inventory and never run a fundraiser. Revenue settles automatically.
School pride that students actually want to wear, because they made it. Fundraising that doesn't feel like a fundraiser. A platform that pays designers a real cut.
A drop cycle
Students upload designs in the app. Templates and freeform both work.
Approved entries go to the leaderboard. Voting closes after 72 hours.
Winning designs go to print. POD for new SKUs, bulk for proven hits.
Inventory ships to the machine. Push notification: new drop just landed.
Students vote in the app. Admins keep final approval — every design and every product passes a school-side review before the machine restocks.
Every submission runs through automated checks for inappropriate content, plus a human review by our team. School admins also have a final yes/no on every drop.
Nothing upfront. We provide the machine, the app, fulfillment, and moderation. Revenue splits 30% to the school after costs.
About 30 days from a signed agreement to the first drop. That includes installation, student onboarding, and the first design submission window.
Yes. Winning designers earn a royalty on every unit sold. Payouts go to a parent-linked account or a digital gift card, depending on age and school preference.
We print on demand for new drops, so there's no overstock risk. Once a design proves it sells, we move it to bulk runs.
The machine stays in place and powers down through summer break. Drop cycles pause; the app keeps running so students can prep designs for the fall. We schedule a service visit before the first day back.
Locker Loot owns and insures the machine. If it's damaged, we handle replacement and repair at our cost — schools are not liable. Standard placement is in a supervised hallway or commons area.
Standard 110V outlet plus reliable Wi-Fi (or we provision LTE if Wi-Fi is restricted). Total power draw is well under what a typical school vending machine uses.
Yes, with age-appropriate moderation. Elementary drops are admin-curated with student input rather than open voting; middle and high schools run full open submission and voting under school-admin approval.
Yes. Parents can disable submissions, voting, or purchasing for their student in the parent portal at any time. We honor the opt-out across all drop cycles.
